Knife



(No Model.)

R. J. OHRISTY.

KNIFE.

No. 414,973. Patented Nov. 12, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUSS J. CHRISTY, .OF SANDUSKY, OHIO.

KNIFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,973, dated November12, 1889. Application filed June 22, 1888. Serial No. 27?,90'7. (Nomodel.)

T to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that- I, RUSS J. CHRISTY, residing at Sandusky, in thecounty of Erie and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Knives, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

. This invention relates to knives, more especially the kind used forkitchen and household purposes, but in part applicable to other kniveshaving fixed handles.

The invention consists in a particular construction of blade and handleand the combination thereof.

The object of the invention is to produce a cheap and serviceable knifeof the kind stated.

Figure 1 is a side view of the knife blade and handle detached. Fig. 2is a similar view with handle attached. Fig. 3 is amodification showingblade attached and riveted. Fig. 4 is a similar View with handle removedfrom blade; Fig. 5, side view, and Fig. (3 end section, of part of wirehandle.

The reference-letter a indicates a knifeblade. This blade may be made ofany usual form, but without a tang.v

The blade a is preferably notched in the back with a dovetail notch band in the end by a similar notch Z). The blade may also have"rivet-holes c and c" in proximity to the notches, and on occasion thenotches may be dispensed with. I

A wire (1 of any usual form in cross-section is bent to the form of thedesired handle. By preference the two ends of the wire are slotted alittle way. that it enters the notch I) in the blade, and the end eof'the wire enters notch b of the blade. The wire or metallic rod mayhave anyJ suitable form in cross-section. If the wire be slotted at theends, as shown at ff, Figs. 5 and 6, the slotted ends will embrace theblade alittle beyond the bottom of the dovetail grooves 11 1). Holes h hin the blade in proximity to the dovetail notches, or in place of-them,come under the ends of the notched or split wire when applied.

lVhen the wire handle is adjusted to the blade, it is easily compressedin such manner The end eis bent to such shape as to cover the edges ofthe notches b b and expand over the edges thereof, thus easily forming agood fastening. If the wire be notched, the notched portion covers therivetholes, and at the same time the ends of the wire are compressed,(by hammering or by a press,) the metal of the wire is caused to flowinto these holes, thus making of the wire handle itself a rivet to holdit in place. Of

course a separate rivet may be applied, as in Fig. 3; but this is notgenerally necessary.

The wire handle may extend along the back of the blade as far asdesirable, (see Fig. 3,) thus not only bracing the blade at aconsiderable distance from its end, but forming a back against which thehand or finger may rest in using.

For a bread-knife and some similar purposes the blade may have aserrated edge, as shown in Fig. 4. This blade will not be like asaw-blade, because saw-teeth usually have set, and the edges are asthick as the sawplate, while the knife-edge is made sharp at the bottomas well as at the top of the serrations.

The wire handle may be ofany quality known to the trade. The entireblade and handle can be plated, and any ornamentation adopted.

The blades, being entirely tangless, can be readily formed without wasteof metal and easily ground in the manufacture.

What I claim is- 1. A knife having a bent-wire handle, one

end of the handle being attached to the end of the blade and the otherend attached to the back of the blade some distance from the end,substantially as described.

2. A knife-blade having a portion cut away at one end and a portion cutaway at the back, and a bent-wire handle having the ends secured to theblade and extending into the cut-away portions thereof, all incombination, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' RUSS J. CHRISTY.

Witnesses:

ROBERT F. LANGE, J12, FREDERICK LANGENBERG.

